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Ron, I'm too old to run and not prone to wearing skirts! No problem, mate. Cheers Geoff

Please read my posts more carefully as I think you'll find that I am mostly in agreement with you. What I'm talking about is stuff like this conversation we're having now. Is it likely to be of long-term interest or use to anyone? I'm just suggesting a catch-up version of the thread that deletes...

Ron, just like to add that while I totally agree that this is not the Heritage BA site, it still includes those who wish to seriously breed this form. I certainly wasn't suggesting that the only stuff of long-term interest relates to Heritage breeding. Just wanted to clarify that, mate...

Completely agree that someone would need to 'wield the hatchet', but I don't think it needs to be equated with any form of censorship. The regular thread would still be there! The edited thread could just contain information. I think this is a great site for people to enquire about BA sources...

G'day folks, completely agree that our pics rarely do our birds justice. They're terrible posers! However, I've not noticed much rubbishing of birds on this thread. Folks are generally very encouraging, whether the birds are Utility strains or Exhibition. Most of us started off...

G'day Dan, I know you include yourself, but I reckon you're a little harsh on us. I'm quite proud to be a Wannabe. I don't wanna win best bird in some major show. I find it quite enough work caring for and breeding birds without the stress of having to have them in top...

G'day folks, some pics of some girls that I bred last season. They're still young and have some developing to do, but I'm quite pleased with them. They were made from a cockerel from the breeder of the bird in my avatar with some of my best girls from the previous season. Seem...

G'day mate, it has certainly been suggested that a bit of Leghorn went into the early BA's but the major egg laying influence came from the Langshan. My understanding is that the Leghorn addition was more common in Utility strains rather than Exhibition strains. As U.S. birds...

Dan, terrific hatch rate, mate. Congrats! Geoff

CB and Ben, thanks heaps for the info. Certainly the most promising sexing method I've come across. I am surprised that it's not better known if it's so successful. Not in any way 'knocking' it, it's just that I'm always sceptical, probably because this non-expert BA breeder...

Oh no, let's not go here again, folks. Vam, language a bit strong, mate. Makes Ross seem like a rip off merchant and he has done a lot for some on here. Must admit that the price seems a bit steep. Gotta be a better way to do it. I certainly value his expertise, although I have found...

Hi Ben, I'm presuming that they were both cockerels???? Never heard of this method. Interesting, but need more detail on what indicates what!!! Cheers Geoff

Hi again, a bit more culling advice from Peter D'Arcy. At around 3 months he culls birds with dark toenails, oval eyes, light eyes and dark soles of feet. Over the next period individuals are culled as the following become apparent - knock knees, wry tails, roach back, white tips...

Hi BA sexers, the early sexing of BA's is a bit of a perennial on this forum. We've discussed lots of theories and the 'wing' one is an interesting addition. I'm not too bad with other breeds I keep, but I've declared numbers of times that I'm not good with BA's. I'd venture...

G'day Vam, 40+!C is not "very warm", mate. In Aussie vernacular, it's very bloody hot!!! Birds were dropping out of the trees! Only lost 2 of around 300 birds. Both young cockerels. Unusual for me. Normally, if something fatal is gonna happen to a chook of mine, it's a pullet...

Ron, meant to add that it doesn't get as cold in most of Australia as it does in your northern bits. My climate would be similar to California my American Aussie friends tell me. I couldn't say how they perform as a breed in very cold conditions. I vaguely recall though that BA's didn't...

G'day Ron, haven't caught up for a while and came across this. Just wondering if winter laying is not the norm in American BA's. I've gotta disagree with you that it's "just the way they are as a breed". Here they are highly regarded as winter layers and from my own experience...

G'day Kurt, you could be right that it's a young bird and the face color does change as they grow. One of the more obvious differences between our Utility and Exhibition strains is face color. Our Utilities tend to have mulberry/plum colored faces. In poorer examples, the face...

Nice birds, Ron. Conformation has really moved away from your American Utilities and is closer to what I'm familiar with. Of course, correct conformation should always be our top priority. I have to keep telling myself this, as I can too easily get caught up in details with my...

G'day Trev, I've kept them off and on for around 40 years, mostly Utility strains, but some Exhibition blood. I've only been trying to breed seriously to our SOP in the last 3 years, however, since I retired. It's so much easier to get started here as good stock is quite...